Moving Saturday to Tuesday

Good grief. The week was never officially over. Is that why is my desk still full? Grab a cuppa and snuggle into a rocker. I will not bore you with all of the details. Even though Clyde is jumping up and down, he has to wait until Saturday. Let’s talk.

I am considering changing the logo at M3 to this.

Cricket Chirping

When I am not here, the conversation creeps to a halt. Bah. Who likes talking to themselves?

In the last five days, I have had more stumbling blocks to getting online than I have had ever. Β Between the rain (does more rain dance) and the fabulous Verizon having no idea how wind (blowing down trees) will affect their wireless service (le sigh), I have been off the Web altogether. I have installed a safety net, which best help or I am tossing the Crackberry and the laptop out beneath the beautiful crepe myrtles, who are enjoying the rain.

myrtles

I promise, I will be back here more often. Since…

RP

Over the last week, I have added more than two dozen pages to RedmundPro. Christy’s book went live. Thank you for all of the well wishes. Her smile is brightening the sky in western Canada.

A huge page of press releases are free for download for everyone. Feel free to share liberally.

The new FTP book will be out on the first. Beyond that, there are a new crop of flashers. Look for them on the FTP page and in the Green Room. Have you left a link to your blog in The Green Room? Hmm…

Challenge

I want you to be thinking of a blog challenge. What would you like to see a bunch of on M3? Consider this crowd sourcing content in a new way.

Wordless!

You had a wonderfully creative time naming the fractals last week. Number two was the favorite, although #5 was runner up. My favorite is #5. My names for them were…

  1. Blizzard Rise
  2. Full to Bursting
  3. Closing in Ten Minutes
  4. Scarab Medallion
  5. Too Many Leaves

I really like #3 and was surprised by how many of you were speechless on a name for it. It screamed its name before I could get it on a background!

FLASH!

This flash is hot!

This flash is hot!

There are already more than 60 entries for flash this quarter. There are another 30 in my inbox. This will be the biggest flash season yet. I am really excited about the participation and the new book, which will be out in just over one week! Considering there are more than 40 entries in the book which were never on the web, I am really thrilled to put this one into print.

If you have not gotten copies of the other books, they are on sale until the new one debuts. Do not miss your chance to have the whole collection for less!

Gratitude

I want to thank all of you who come to M3 rain or shine. You are the best blog audience in the blogosphere. You make my job entirely worthwhile.


What would you challenge me to write over the course of a week or month? Are you flashing this quarter?

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  1. WOW! You weren’t kidding about switching days, were you? I was cheerily reading through this post, thinking about when the next Wordless Wednesday was due, only to find out I missed a whole week and didn’t even catch LAST WEEK’s Wordless Wednesday. Apparently, I wanted to blow off the whole week! And didn’t even realize it!
    Good think you shocked me back into reality, dudette! Thanks!!!

    πŸ™‚

    PS Glad to hear you are back on the grid – and WITH a safety net!
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    • I wondered if you had gotten lost when I fell off the grid. I more than half expected to see you when I got back. I hope your off week was filled with making pretties. πŸ˜‰ xxx

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      • Not so much, though along those lines… I was feeding my muses with inspiration from all my favorite and even some new artists – been a while since I turned off the output switch and flipped on the intake one! I’d forgotten what I’d been missing!

        πŸ™‚
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  2. Hmm, challenge? A series on why grown people can’t read, or rather cannot accurately interpret the written word despite claiming accolades in language, grammar, and comprehension.

    What was the question? Saving um….you have done that….have you done every option….

    A weekly puppy photo series? and puppy giveaway?

    Ok I’ll stop now.
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    • Text me a picture of the puppies, and I will put them up on FB for you. πŸ™‚ Reading is on Clyde’s agenda in the next 60 days. xxx

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      • Yay! Let me get the little buggers to sit still. It’s getting exhausting blending up food for them and keeping mommy and daddy away from it. Mommy wants a home too, my house is too noisy for her.
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    • Laurie, this one is definitely needed in countless (and sometimes unexpected) places on the Net. With a companion piece on why they can’t write, and what to do about both.

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  3. Been on and off myself lately, so guess I didn’t miss much this week anyway. Glad you’re back on, miss my periodic fix.
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    • Glad to see you. You posted a song I love yesterday, but I got booted before I could come by and say so… I will be by soonly. I have missed you as well!

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  4. Enough of these never ending weeks.
    Someone needs to find a way to make the weekend longer.

    Hmph.
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  5. I’m glad it was just internet problems and nothing serious. I was wondering what happened and was about to send out the troops.
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  6. I’m so happy you are back on the grid, too! I would love to see a week long series on sleep, dreaming, and nightmares. These all impact me strongly, but I don’t really understand their nature or reason.

    Welcome back!xxx
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  7. I’m having Major problems with WP as are several of my friends so this may not post!

    Glad to have you back Red! πŸ™‚

    Love and hugs!

    Prenin.
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    • Glad you are not bitten with WP on M3, Ian. Hopefully, it will clear shortly. Someone else told me the same thing this morning.

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  8. Your audience is the best because you are spectacular.

    XX
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  9. I tend to come more during the rain season than the shine season
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  10. Of course I am flashing this quarter, I mean who better to flash with than you my sweet and wicked great friend πŸ™‚ I have the list already and will be getting to grips with that shortly, besides I have until the thirtieth of September to finish them so no problem whatsoever, but do let me know earlier if some of my entries are not suitable, you know if I have a sudden bout of ridiculousness as in Sommelier πŸ˜‰ I am still smarting over that one and I had my Beano and Dandy comics down there too, ah well I won’t be naughty this quarter Miss πŸ˜‰ lmao

    As for the blog challenges I will have to put my thinking cap on because for once I cannot even think of one measly idea, but I am sure that you already have a heap of naughty notions already, perhaps Lizzie or Peter will think of something? πŸ™‚

    Okay time for me to dash, I will be back here again on the morrow, late on of course as I am not officially back yet πŸ™‚ But soon I will be πŸ™‚

    Have a lovely rest of evening Red and don’t be throwing away your Crackberry or else? πŸ™‚

    Andro xxxx

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